Whale Bone
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Pardon the live sound question in a recording forum, but it seems like there's a fair amount of live sound experience here.
Does anyone have a suggestion for mic'ing an upright bass in a small combo in an acoustically challenging room? The room is a large rotunda in an art museum, i.e. boomy and loads of natural reverb. It's a little too big to go completely acoustically, and I'd like to have a more natural sound than I get with the pickup.
I figured I could use the pickup and a small amp for monitoring but am still worried about finding a sensitive enough mic that won't just feedback. It's not going to be a particularly loud show (vox, bass, piano and stripped down drums/percussion), which should help.
Thanks for any thoughts/suggestions.
Does anyone have a suggestion for mic'ing an upright bass in a small combo in an acoustically challenging room? The room is a large rotunda in an art museum, i.e. boomy and loads of natural reverb. It's a little too big to go completely acoustically, and I'd like to have a more natural sound than I get with the pickup.
I figured I could use the pickup and a small amp for monitoring but am still worried about finding a sensitive enough mic that won't just feedback. It's not going to be a particularly loud show (vox, bass, piano and stripped down drums/percussion), which should help.
Thanks for any thoughts/suggestions.